Urban foraging and silly posing

It has been a splendiferous summers day here in London.

So we took time out and went for a walkabout in the park & did some impromtu foraging along a nearby nature trail. 

The blackberries are getting ripe now and there's an absolute abundance on the bushes. 

I also wanted to collect some elderberries for making a cold & flu fighting tincture.

I've been very much inspired by my sister as she has been making  loads of jam & cordials lately.

Incidentally she has also recently started a gardening blog called Haveriet, 

it's written in Danish but if you can't read it there's loads of lovely pics to feast your eyes on too.

I was somewhat "overdressed" today wearing a frock with long sleeves. 

Thank goodness it is made from cotton otherwise I think I would have passed out from overheating but it was kind of good to have a little cover to protect my arms from being rasped to bits by the blackberry thorns.

The frock is from British High Street staple store Topshop but it is from the 70s.

I won it on eBay together with a bunch of other vintage attire a few months back but this was its first outing as it has been lying on my mending pile awaiting my attention.

It was nothing major, just a few stitches to the underarms and it was ready to be rocked again ;)

I love the little row of round fabric clad buttons to the front and the cute ditsy floral print.

Some blackberries destined for a crumble (that we have just devoured)...

A little bit of strutting infront of the camera, as one does ;)

I also picked some wildflowers, so much prettier than a garage forecourt bouquet & free too.

Some more snaps of my lovely dress...

I hunted down a few more vintage Top Shop frocks on-line for your perusing pleasure.

Behind every link is a wonderful vintage frock, go on and click, you know you want to ;)

The top one is from the lovely Liz.

Vintage-a-peel 

eBay 

ASOS Marketplace 

Virtual vintage clothing 

Lola's vintage

Here's a close-up of print & label for any fellow fabric & label nerds out there ;)

  That's all for today folks!

Hope you've all had a swell day and that the sun didn't go to your head and make you do silly things like posing behind a tree with one leg sticking up in the air, tehe!

Lot's of love,

Jennie

xXx

P.s. If you haven't read it already then there's a fecking brilliant interview to be enjoyed over on The Fashion Turd blog with the undisputed Queen of Quirk Helga.